Material for anyone who wonders about this:

Jonathan Haight's research on conservative and liberal values:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/haidt

Kazimierz Dabrowski's theory of over-excitability and positive disintegration.

http://www.stephanietolan.com/dabrowskis.htm

http://members.shaw.ca/positivedisintegration/

Durkhiem's ideas about anomie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie